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Sekaquaptewa, Emory: man who wrote Hopi dictionary passes on
Tucson, Arizona (AP)
Emory Sekaquaptewa, a university professor, anthropologist, judge, artist and the “Noah Webster of the Hopi Nation,” has passed on. He was 79. Tribal officials announced recently that Sekaquaptewa died Dec. 14. The location and cause of death was not disclosed. Sekaquaptewa was a pioneering champion of preserving his native language. Born at Hotevilla on the Hopi Nation’s Third Mesa in 1928, Sekaquaptewa was believed to be the first Native American to attend West Point. |
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